Fatal cardiac toxicity temporally related to poly-drug abuse.
An 18-y-old male suffered sudden cardiac death following the use of cocaine, cannabis and ethanol. The pathophysiology of cardiac toxicity temporally related to the use of cocaine, cannabinoids and ethanol is reviewed.
Daisley
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Division of Pathology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine Trinidad, West Indies.
Jones-Le Cointe
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Hutchinson
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Simmons
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D000293:Adolescent; D001344:Autopsy; D002186:Cannabinoids / Q000506:poisoning*; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000506:poisoning*; D003042:Cocaine / Q000506:poisoning*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D000431:Ethanol / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D014900:West Indies
D002186:Cannabinoids; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D000431:Ethanol; D003042:Cocaine